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Baker sockeye are sustained primarily by spawning beaches and hatchery culture, with a small contribution from natural reproduction. So a smaller spawning escapement (around 5 to 6k IIRC) is needed to maintain the artificial production. Lake Washington is maintained primarily through natural production, even with the new hatchery. In addition, the LW sockeye escapement goal has no demonstrable relationship with basin productivity. Therefore there is no reason to expect any logical relationship between the separate Baker and LW escapement goals.

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